Gallery Baby Animals of the World

Zamba (L) and Canuta, female otorongo twins, remain in Las Leyendas Zoo, in Lima, Peru, April 21. Zamba and Canuta were born in captivity a year ago in the zoo, and were elected as a symbol for Earth Day.

After its first veterinary check up on April 23, Saticoy, the San Diego Zoo Safari Park’s six-week-old California condor, settled quickly back into the nest. Since the California Condor Recovery Program began in the 1980s, when there were only 22 condors left in the world, there are now approximately 386 condors.

Baby polar bear Anori plays with a branch as she explores her enclosure at the zoo in Wuppertal, Germany, April 19. Anori was born on January 4 and has the same father as world famous polar bear Knut, who died in 2011.

An unnamed baby baboon is seen in his mother’s arms at the Hagenbeck Zoo in Hamburg, Germany, April 18.

NJ, a one-year-old Galapagos tortoise, eats grass at Taronga Western Plains Zoo on April 20 in Dubbo, Australia.

Polar bear Anori plays on April 25 at the zoo in Wuppertal, Germany, with her mother Vilma (L). Anori was born January 4 at the zoo in Wuppertal and is a half-sister of world famous polar bear Knut, who died in 2011.

A one-month-old albino Bennett tree-kangaroo rests in an enclosure at the Garden of Nature Zoo in of Szeged, Hungary, April 21. New World Heritage legislation aims to protect the population of Bennett kangaroos, a type of large tree-kangaroo.

Tilly, an orphaned baby wallaby, relaxes inside a rucksack at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo in Dunstable, England, April 30. Tilly is being hand-reared by keepers at the zoo, using a rucksack and blanket as a substitute marsupium until she can become more self-sufficient after being found out of her mother’s pouch one month ago.

Two-week-old elephant Assam walks next to its mother in their enclosure in the Hagenbeck Zoo in Hamburg, Germany, April 27.

Baby polar bear Anori plays with a knotted rope in her enclosure at the zoo in Wuppertal, Germany, April 23. Anori was born on January 4 at the zoo and is a half-sister of world famous polar bear Knut, who died in 2011.

Zookeeper Jo Shirley wears a rucksack containing Tilly, an orphaned baby wallaby, at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo in Dunstable, England, April 30. Tilly is being hand reared by keepers at the zoo using a rucksack and blanket as a substitute marsupium until she can become more self-sufficient.

The lion cubs born in September at the Saskatoon Forestry Farm and Zoo play outside with the adult lions, April 15.

A zookeeper holds a three-month-old baby white-handed gibbon named Knuppy at the zoo in the northern German city of Bremen on April 9. The animals are found in Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar and Thailand.

Baby polar bear Anori plays in the pool of her enclosure at the zoo in Wuppertal, Germany, April 17. Anori was born on January 4, together with a sibling who died after a week. Anori’s father is Lars, who also fathered Berlin’s famous deceased polar bear cub Knut.

A three-day-old newborn giraffe stands indoors with its mother on April 11 in Madrid, Spain. Tatu, a Rothschild Giraffe, gave birth on April 8 at the Zoo Aquarium of Madrid.

A forest official holds three leopard cat cubs at Assam state Zoo, in Guwahati, India, April 17. The leopard cat is a small, carnivorous mammal that looks like a domestic cat with a leopard-like coat.

A two-week-old red river hog takes a second to catch its breath after running around a San Diego Zoo Safari Park exhibit it shares with its three litter-mates, April 10. As the piglets grow older, a red, shaggy coat will grow in.

A zookeeper holds a three-month-old baby white-handed gibbon named Knuppy at the zoo in the northern German city of Bremen on April 9. The animals are found in Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar and Thailand.

A two week-old Eastern bongo calf meets the press at Sydney, Australia’s Taronga Zoo on April 13. Eastern (or Highlands) bongos are critically endangered. Bongo are one of the largest species of antelope in the world and are recognized by their striking russet colour and large antlers which extend over their backs.

The lion cubs born in September at the Saskatoon Forestry Farm and Zoo play outside with the adult lions, April 15.

Loango, a male crown mangabey monkey, stands next to his keeper at the Jardin des Plantes’s Zoo in Paris, France, April 19. Loango, who was born at the zoo on March 5, was rejected by his mother and is being raised by zookeepers.

Mother Orsa (L) and her three young bears discover the open-air enclosure at the wildlife park Tripsdrill, near Cleebronn, Germany, April 10.

Rabbit foundling Ruediger sleeps on the hand of keeper Kristina at the zoo in Muenster, Germany, April 4. Ruediger, weighing 72 grams, and his sister Kaline, weighing 60 grams, were found in a dung pile at the zoo and are being brought up by keepers.